New Jersey · Census place 3445210

Medford Lakes, New Jersey

Medford Lakes is a borough in Burlington County, New Jersey with an estimated 4,347 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 211th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,347
#211 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+1.9%
+82 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
3,813 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Medford Lakes. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Medford Lakes population, 2020 to 2024

Medford Lakes added 82 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +42.

4,26520204,27120214,28720224,30520234,3472024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,267. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Medford Lakes covers 1.14 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 3,813 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Medford Lakes is less dense than the typical town.

What county Medford Lakes is in

All of Medford Lakes's residents live in Burlington County, which had 475,515 residents in 2024. Medford Lakes holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Medford Lakes

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Medford Lakes by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 08055. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Medford Lakes is

The Census internal point of Medford Lakes is at 39.853600, -74.811700. Trenton, the capital, is 25.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Berlin, NJ (7,614 people), 7.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 20.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.853600, -74.811700
DMS
39°51'12.96"N 74°48'42.12"W
UTM
18N 516107.5E 4411525.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F7V53Q+C8

Daylight in Medford Lakes

At 39.85° N, Medford Lakes gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Medford Lakes

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Berlin, 7.9 miles away, with 7,614 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Medford Lakes, NJ?

4,347 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 82 (1.9%) from 4,265 in July 2020.

What county is Medford Lakes in?

Burlington County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Medford Lakes?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08055.

How far is Medford Lakes from Trenton?

25.6 miles (41.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Medford Lakes.

What is the nearest larger city to Medford Lakes?

Berlin, NJ, with 7,614 residents, 7.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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